Modern Family's gay couple will actually get to kiss

By Sam| 10 years ago

Modern Family's creators have confirmed that the hit comedy's gay couple Cameron and Mitchell will definitely smooch in an upcoming instalment.

The fact that Modern Family's gay couple Cameron and Mitchell have never shared a kiss onscreen has stirred up a fair amount of controversy, but the hit comedy's creators have confirmed the characters will definitely smooch in an upcoming instalment — no doubt generating a whole different kind of controversy (irony!).

"We've had an episode planned for a long time that dealt with that subject of [the kiss]," Steve Levitantold E! Online. "So it almost bothers us that there was a little bit of controversy about it. Because we don't want to appear that we're answering that criticism.

"But sure enough, we're dealing with public displays of affection [in the episode], and the power of a kiss," he said. "Seems simple, but intriguing — I hope."

Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who play Cam and Mitch, seemed unfazed by the scandal surrounding their lack of lip-locks.

"I think it's great that people care so much," Stonestreet said. "I always am confused why they don't worry about shows that don't have any gay characters on them."

"Ed and Sofia also never kiss," added Ferguson, referring to his co-stars Ed O'Neill and Sofia Vergara. Yeah, but who wants to see an old man kiss his much-younger, much-hotter wife? OMG, so gross.